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I sometime use humor to help memorize Japanese vocabulary words

. This silly (よくないですよ😄) joke helped me remember たくさん。
"Who is Taku and why does he have so many things?"
(In the U.S. we call this type of humor a "dad joke", because it is the type of joke fathers like to tell. 😂)

Comments

  • Annabel

    @Aika That is funny! Old men everywhere have the same sense of humor. 😄

  • Aika

    Great idea!! Japanese has the similar type of joke called ‘Oyaji Gyagoo’ Oyaji =Old man Gyagoo=Joke I totally agree with @Marine mentioned lol

  • Annabel

    @Marine 😁 It is interesting! We are all the same in many ways!😊

  • Marine

    Wonderful idea💗👍 It's interesting fathers like to tell such type of jokes around the world😁😁たくさんによろしくね😁🙏🌱

  • Annabel

    @Ko Thank you! I am a terrible artist, but can usually make a stick person. 😄☺

  • Annabel

    @Aoi 😂 そうですね。I am glad I am not the only one who thinks this way!😄

  • Annabel

    @Maki 😄 Thank you! たくさんは私のちいさいともだちですよ。😂

  • Ko

    This is a cute picture!

  • Aoi

    I like the joke😆 It seems that dad jokes are universal and help our learning in any languages because I sometime do the same to memorize English vocabulary words😂

  • Maki

    😂 Your Japanese is pretty good.✨And he(?) is cute.💘

  • Annabel

    @Daisuke 😄 That is good! I will be able to remember that one, too!

  • Annabel

    @Aiko 😂 I'm glad you like it. I actually enjoy this type of humor, too.

  • Daisuke

    Who is Daku Mori and why does he have too many things. =もりだくさん

  • Aiko

    I do too actually😂 That joke is nice. I like it!

  • Annabel

    @Sachi 😄 I'm glad I'm not the only one! It definitely helps me to remember better.

  • Sachi

    Me,too! I sometimes draw pictures on notebook to help memorize English words😆👍　

  • Annabel

    @miki 😄 I guess some things are universal. Thank you for teaching me something new.😊

  • Annabel

    @Yuki 😊I'm glad! I wasn't sure if it would be funny to native Japanese speakers.

  • miki

    にほんでは"おやじぎゃぐ"(dad's joke)といいます😂

  • Yuki

    I like the joke. Nice

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